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25 May 2021
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser invited the press, developers, and housing advocates to attend her affordable housing announcement on Monday with the Springs Flat development in Ward 4 as a backdrop.
Bowser said a supplemental budget for the current fiscal year will add $150 million to the Housing Production Trust Fund, the city’s primary source for affordable housing financing. Bowser also wants $250 million more in the fund in 2022.
The funding must be approved by the D.C. Council.
“You know affordable housing is my baby,” Bowser said at the event.
Spring Flats is a concept in keeping with the left-wing philosophy that forced income and racial “diversity” creates better neighborhoods, a September 2020 report announcing the development confirmed: